Site Index - Content

VLSI Basics and Interview Questions - Contents

• Physical Design Flow

                     Physical Design Flow - Overview

                     Basic Terminology in Physical Design

• Floorplanning

               Floorplanning

               Floorplanning Control Parameters

               Macro placement

               IO Placement

              Blockages and Halos

              Power Planning - Power Network Synthesis

              Floorplanning Interview Questions

• Power management techniques

              Power Management Techniques - Low Power Design

              Power Management Techniques - Clock gating

              Power Management Techniques - Powergating

              Power Management Techniques - Multi Voltage Design
             
              Low Power Interview Questions

              Clock Gating Interview Questions

• Placement

             Placement - Overview
            
             Placement Interview Questions

• Clock Tree Synthesis

             Clock Tree Synthesis (CTS) - Overview

              Clock Tree Synthesis - Basics

             Clock Tree Synthesis Interview Questions

• Routing

               Routing - Overview
               
               Global Routing
            
               Track Assignment

               Detail Routing
 
               Search & Repair

               Routing Interview Questions             

• RC Extraction

                 Parasitic Extraction

• Static Timing Analysis

             Static Timing Analysis - Overview

             Understading of Setup and Hold time Violations

             Static Timing Analysis Interview Questions

• Process Voltage Temparature (PVT) Conditions

 

• Power Integrity - IR Drop Analysis

             IR Drop Analysis _ Introduction

             IR Drop Analysis using Redhawk (Apache) - Overview